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Electrical protection devices

EP 0531334 B1 · Applicant: CARADON MK ELECTRIC LIMITED

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  • Filed May 22, 1991 and granted March 20, 1996. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 2011.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by November 22, 2016.
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FiledMay 22, 1991
PublishedMarch 17, 1993
GrantedMarch 20, 1996
Term endedMay 22, 2011
Application numberEP 91909423
Classification (CPC)H02H3/33

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1992199419961998200020022004200620082010Application filedMay 22, 1991PublishedMarch 17, 1993Patent grantedMarch 20, 1996Term endedMay 22, 2011

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